Schedules
Schedule 6Detention under section 27
Part 6Extension of detention under section 27
I1I244Extensions of warrants
1
Each of the following—
a
in England and Wales, a Crown Prosecutor,
b
in Scotland, the Lord Advocate or a procurator fiscal,
c
in Northern Ireland, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland,
d
in any part of the United Kingdom, a police officer of at least the rank of superintendent,
may apply for the extension or further extension of the period specified in a warrant of further detention.
2
The person to whom an application under sub-paragraph (1) may be made is a judicial authority.
3
Where the period specified is extended, the warrant must be endorsed with a note stating the new specified period.
4
Subject to sub-paragraph (6), the period by which the specified period is extended or further extended is the period which—
a
begins with the time specified in sub-paragraph (5), and
b
ends with whichever is the earlier of—
i
the end of the period of 7 days beginning with that time, and
ii
the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the time of the arrest of the person to which the warrant relates.
5
The time referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(a) is—
a
in the case of a warrant specifying a period which has not previously been extended under this paragraph, the end of the period specified in the warrant, and
b
in any other case, the end of the period for which the period specified in the warrant was last extended under this paragraph.
6
A judicial authority may extend or further extend the period specified in a warrant by a shorter period than is required by sub-paragraph (4) if—
a
the application for the extension is an application for an extension by a period that is shorter than is so required, or
b
the judicial authority is satisfied that there are circumstances that would make it inappropriate for the period of the extension to be as long as the period so required.
7
Paragraphs 38(3) and 39 to 42 apply to an application under this paragraph as they apply to an application for a warrant of further detention.
8
A judicial authority may adjourn the hearing of an application under sub-paragraph (1) only if the hearing is adjourned to a date before the expiry of the period specified in the warrant.
9
Sub-paragraph (8) does not apply to an adjournment under paragraph 41(2).